"Remnant" is an exhibition by young Vietnamese artist Le The Lam at The Factory Contemporary Arts Centre, a new space dedicated to enriching contemporary arts in Vietnam. The Lam took part in "Materialize", a programme initiated by The Factory and co-sponsored by Indochina Arts Partnership to provide exhibition opportunities for Vietnamese artists living in Vietnam, who have had little chance to show exhibitions of their art.

It was a blazing afternoon in Phnom Penh. I was en route to Sa Sa Arts Project (SSAP), an artist-run space nestled in a quiet alley, huddled close to the extended roofs of rows of houses, trying to escape the glaring heat. On the other side of the road, a soporific canal carried all the different waters of the neighborhood, and undoubtedly the rest of this city. Memories of the people poured into the canal as formless and private flows that blended into a collective stream. A needed intervention